PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Meditation and Praise - Handbell Score

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass

SKU: CA.2729305

Version for chamber orchestra. Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Edited by Joachim Linckelmann. Arranged by Joachim Linckelmann. Carus sheet music series: Great choral works in small scorings. Sacred vocal music, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Choral Score. Composed 1876/1877. Op. 58. 36 pages. Duration 90 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.293/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2729305).

ISBN 9790007181086. Text language: Latin.

Antonin Dvorak's impressive Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus and orchestra is probably the best-known of the composer's sacred works. Some painful experiences - in 1875 his first daughter died, and in 1877 he lost two other children in quick succession - may have led to Dvorak's preoccupation with the suffering of the Mother of God, who stands weeping beneath the cross of her son. The music enters into the different moods of the liturgical texts with great sensitivity. Nine movements in slow to moderate tempi serve as a kind of Passion meditation, before the ecstasy of a vision of the resurrection wins the upper hand at the end of the tenth movement. With our newly-published arrangement for chamber orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani, and strings), smaller choirs now have the opportunity of performing this work without the choir being drowned out by a large-scale symphony orchestra. The symphonic character of the work is nevertheless preserved. This scoring offers an optimal balance between transparency and orchestral sound. All vocal parts (soloists and chorus) are identical with the original version. Vocal score and choral score can be used also together with the original version, which is in preparation.

Orchestra SATB vocal soli, SATB choir, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass

SKU: CA.2729303

Version for chamber orchestra. Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Edited by Joachim Linckelmann. Arranged by Joachim Linckelmann. Carus sheet music series: Great choral works in small scorings. Sacred vocal music, Feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Hymns in praise of the Virgin Mary. Vocal score. Composed 1876/1877. Op. 58. 120 pages. Duration 90 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.293/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2729303).

ISBN 9790007171797. Text language: Latin.

Antonin Dvorak's impressive Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus and orchestra is probably the best-known of the composer's sacred works. Some painful experiences - in 1875 his first daughter died, and in 1877 he lost two other children in quick succession - may have led to Dvorak's preoccupation with the suffering of the Mother of God, who stands weeping beneath the cross of her son. The music enters into the different moods of the liturgical texts with great sensitivity. Nine movements in slow to moderate tempi serve as a kind of Passion meditation, before the ecstasy of a vision of the resurrection wins the upper hand at the end of the tenth movement. With our newly-published arrangement for chamber orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, timpani, and strings), smaller choirs now have the opportunity of performing this work without the choir being drowned out by a large-scale symphony orchestra. The symphonic character of the work is nevertheless preserved. This scoring offers an optimal balance between transparency and orchestral sound. All vocal parts (soloists and chorus) are identical with the original version. Vocal score and choral score can be used also together with the original version, which is in preparation.

By Edward Elgar. For SATB Choir, Orchestra. Romantic, Choral. Sheet Music. 88 pages. Published by Novello and Co Ltd.

SATB choir, cantor, assembly, organ accompaniment, flute, trumpet 1, trumpet 2, trombone 1, trombone 2, bass, percussion - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.G-2402

Composed by C. Alexander Peloquin. Mass. Mass. Sacred. Choral score. 82 pages. GIA Publications #2402. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-2402).

Scripture: Psalm 95:1–2, 6–7, 8–9.

Keyboard, piano, flute, violin

SKU: GI.G-003104

Composed by Alan Hommerding. Sacred. GIA Publications #003104. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-003104).

Scripture: Psalm 138, Psalm 84.

The first piece is inspired by Psalm 138:2, “I will bow down toward your temple and I will praise your name.” This piece begins with a meditative motif that builds gently, while underscored by a steady, suppliant piano accompaniment. Psalm 84, “How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Hosts.” is set as a processional dance, beginning with a bold statement with a middle-east feel. A constant accelerando keeps the dance moving along with dotted rhythms, glissandi, and open intervals.

SSA/SSA choir, piano

SKU: CA.966000

Composed by Ko Matsushita. Edited by Stefan Schuck. Contemporary Choir Music. Sacred vocal music, Daily hours. Full score. 12 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.660/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.966000).

ISBN 9790007167653. Language: Latin.

Modest and humble, this is how the old man Simeon is described; he who recognizes the fulfillment of his life, as he takes the new-born Jesus in his arms in the temple and praises him as the light to enlighten the heathen. Matsushita's setting of this scene is portrayed sensitively and, accordingly, is simple and primarily homophonic. The women's voices are set in a more comfortable range and are treated melodiously. Thus the composition can move in a very relaxed manner, flowingly, meditatively. The work is entirely tonal, without any modernisms. Important words are emphasized through the use of third relationships. The almost minimalistic piano accompaniment proceeds both independently from the choir, yet supports it and adds color which lends the work a traditional as well as a clearly contemporary character. This first choral piece can be performed by soloists or by a small choir, making it easily accessible to any girl's or women's choir.